KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN: Taliban gumen control Kandahar-Herat Highway, near Kandahar city, 31 October 2001, where two oil tankers were hit by American missiles, killing three people. The US-led air campaign in Afghanistan entered a 26th day, 01 November with Washington warning the Taliban regime to brace for more carpet-bombing of their positions across the country. AFP PHOTO/Banaras KHAN (Photo credit should read BANARAS KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)